PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Eugenio Torrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micky Mouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mouse comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Eugenio Torrez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Torrez
vs
Mouse

171 cm
24
148 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

171 cm
26
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

World class MT
Granite chin

Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eugenio Torrez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micky Mouse!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torrez connects with a crisp jab.
Micky Mouse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torrez keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by Torrez.
A head kick misses from Mouse.
Mouse misses with a left hand
and Torrez counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mouse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torrez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Mouse rushes Torrez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mouse lands a damaging elbow.

Torrez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mouse avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mouse tries to clinch but Torrez moves out of range.
Torrez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

Mouse has managed to clinch.
Torrez managing to block the knees to the body from Mouse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torrez has a couple of punches blocked by Mouse.
Mouse pushes Torrez back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Torrez is trying to force a seperation but Mouse has the dominant position.
Mouse throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez misses with a punch on the inside.
Mouse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mouse misses with a knee strike.

Torrez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Torrez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mouse wants to slow Torrez down by chopping away at his legs.
Mouse takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mouse throws a lazy right hand but Torrez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mouse is looking to clinch but Torrez is avoiding it.
A head kick by Mouse misses
and Torrez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mouse ducks under a wild hook from Torrez.
Mouse tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Torrez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mouse throws a series of punches but Torrez moves out of range.
Torrez moves out of range of the body kick.
As Mouse backs away, Torrez returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Mouse keeps the fight on the outside.
Mouse takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Torrez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mouse throws out the jab.
Torrez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mouse.
Torrez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mouse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torrez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mouse.
Mouse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Torrez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Mouse's head backwards.
Mouse is looking to clinch but Torrez is avoiding it.
Donk. Torrez catches Mouse right on the button with a cross.
Mouse walks into a stiff left hand from Torrez.
Mouse tries to clinch but Torrez is having none of it.
Torrez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torrez moves in looking to clinch but Mouse pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Mouse.
Torrez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mouse just manages to avoid it.
Torrez works Mouse's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugenio Torrez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Torrez throws a leg kick that misses.
Torrez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mouse swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mouse misses with a looping right.
Torrez throws a big shot that misses.
Mouse blocks a leg kick.
Mouse has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Torrez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Torrez avoids the head kick by Mouse.
Mouse cracks Torrez with an open hand slap.
Torrez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Torrez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Torrez backs off Mouse throws a huge counter combo but Torrez manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torrez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mouse throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mouse takes one to the chin there.
Micky Mouse is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouse looks for the body kick but Torrez saw that one coming.
Mouse swings for the body but Torrez moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Torrez.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Torrez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mouse misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Torrez fails to land.
Torrez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mouse softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Torrez stalling in the clinch but Mouse improves position.
A short right from Mouse on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mouse.
Mouse swings wildly with an uppercut but Torrez uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Mouse on the inside.
Torrez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mouse misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mouse throws a punch but it's blocked by Torrez.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torrez blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mouse misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Mouse.
Torrez misses with an elbow strike.
Mouse tries to land knees in the clinch but Torrez avoids the damage to the body.
Torrez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mouse is keeping busy.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Torrez taking a breather.
Torrez can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Knees to the body from Mouse.
Mouse lands with a short shot to the head.
Mouse looking to throw knees to the head but Torrez is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mouse.
A nice right hand lands inside from Mouse.
Mouse can't find room to land a body shot as Torrez controls the action.
Mouse blocking some punches.
Mouse lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micky Mouse showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Mouse fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Torrez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Torrez misses with a double jab.
Mouse misses with a double jab.
Torrez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Mouse comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Torrez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mouse throws a hook to the side of Torrez's head but Torrez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Torrez throws a counter high kick but Mouse was just alert enough to avoid it.
Mouse swings for the body but Torrez moves out of range.
Mouse tries to clinch up.
Mouse tries to close the distance and clinch up but Torrez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mouse throws a head kick but Torrez moves out of range.
Mouse throws a series of punches but Torrez moves out of range.

Mouse rushes Torrez and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Mouse tries to throw a body punch but Torrez avoids it by throwing Mouse back against the ropes.
Torrez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez throws a head punch that misses.
Mouse keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Torrez's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Torrez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mouse.
Nice body punch from Mouse.
A nice left hand lands by Mouse.
Torrez working hard to break the clinch.
Torrez is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mouse is defending well for now.
Mouse throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Torrez blocks it with crossed arms.
Mouse lands an uppercut.
Torrez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mouse has him pressed against the ropes.
Mouse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Torrez fails to land.
Mouse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Torrez avoids it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Torrez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mouse misses with a body punch.
Torrez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mouse lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mouse misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez avoids the elbow strike from Mouse, against the ropes.
Torrez misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Mouse.
Torrez tries to land knees in the clinch but Mouse avoids the damage to the body.
Torrez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mouse misses with the head strike.

Torrez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Torrez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mouse.
Mouse tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Torrez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mouse misses with a lunging right hand
and Torrez counters with a head kick. That will keep Mouse thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Torrez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Mouse paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It looks like Torrez has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Torrez moves in looking to clinch but Mouse pushes him off.
Mouse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mouse checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Torrez throws a jab but it's blocked by Mouse.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Micky Mouse really dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Torrez connects with a single shot there.
Mouse looks to land a right hand but Torrez moved out of range.
Torrez avoids the head kick by Mouse.
Torrez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Torrez misses with a straight right.

Mouse moves into the clinch.
Mouse working aggressively here.
Mouse managing to block the knees to the body from Torrez.
Mouse lands a hook that snaps the head of Torrez backwards.
Torrez misses with some punches.
Mouse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A knee to the head by Torrez.
Torrez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Torrez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mouse is keeping busy.
Mouse lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mouse throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mouse throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mouse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Torrez.
Torrez tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mouse swings wildly with an uppercut but Torrez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Torrez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mouse misses with some punches.
Torrez lands a nice knee to the body.
Torrez is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mouse is keeping busy.
Torrez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mouse lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Mouse.
Torrez lands a good knee to the midsection. Mouse won't want to take too many of those.
Mouse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mouse tries to throw a body punch but Torrez avoids it by throwing Mouse back against the ropes.
Mouse lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torrez lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters up against the ropes, Torrez throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez dodges an elbow strike from Mouse.
Micky Mouse seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mouse.

Torrez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mouse walks into a stiff left hand from Torrez.

Mouse has managed to clinch.
Mouse tries a knee to the head but Torrez blocks it.
Torrez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Mouse scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mouse throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Torrezs head.
Torrez tries to circle away but Mouse has him pinned against the ropes.
Torrez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mouse has him pressed against the ropes.
Torrez blocking some punches.
Mouse blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Torrez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Torrez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mouse tries to land a knee to the head but Torrez blocks with his arms.

Torrez breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Eugenio Torrez will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Mouse. Torrez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mouse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Torrez tries to clinch there but Mouse circles away.
Mouse goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Torrez wants to clinch up but Mouse keeps it at a distance.
Torrez connects with a leg kick. Mouse looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mouse stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Torrez.
Torrez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Torrez blocks a head kick by Mouse.
Torrez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mouse manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Mouse.
Mouse lands with an overhand left.
Torrez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mouse scores with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torrez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mouse wants to counter with a clinch but Torrez pushes him away.
Torrez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mouse tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mouse keeps the fight on the outside.
Mouse throws an overhand right that lands on Torrez's shoulder, as Torrez tries to avoid the shot.
Torrez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Torrez takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Torrez swats away the attempt to clinch by Mouse.
Torrez throwing a counter right hand but Mouse manages to avoid it.
Torrez swinging wildly here.
Mouse's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mouse misses the shot to the body.
Torrez lands a leg kick that knocks Mouse off balance momentarily.
Mouse tries a head kick but it misses.
Torrez throws a quick counter head kick but Mouse was just out of range.
Torrez misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torrez misses with a straight left.
Torrez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mouse.
Torrez throws the left hand but Mouse avoids the punch easily.
Torrez misses the jab.
Torrez tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Mouse manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torrez tries to clinch up.
Mouse throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Mouse has Torrez up against the ropes in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Torrez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mouse misses with a punch to the body.
Mouse with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Torrez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mouse backwards.
Mouse avoiding damage as Torrez throws knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mouse.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Micky Mouse.
I think Mouse has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 48:48
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47

The fight is ruled a majority draw!